from the Ohio State University
Traditional treatment for amblyopia or lazy
eye covers the dominant eye with a patch to
make the lazy eye stronger. However,
scientists have created video games that use
both eyes to interact as they should and adds
an important element of fun to training and
strengthening the lazy eye. Lazy eye affects an
estimated two to three percent of the
population, usually in childhood. But the Ohio
State University researchers say a pilot study
using the special Pac‐man style “cat and
mouse” video game and a “search for oddball”
game improved weak‐eye vision to near
normal. They explain that the unpatched
training taps into the brain networks that
govern the use of both eyes and found that it
not only can work for patients with lazy eye,
but people with a more subtle eye dominance
that affects depth perception.